IBS Pain with regular bowel movements
Any body else have unexplained right side pain but no other symptoms. Sometimes gas, but no bowel issues but dull pain.
All tests have come back clean, ultrasounds, CT Scans, blood work, colonoscopy have had polys removed (some large) but nothing explains the pain but IBS and stress.
Hey
, that sounds really frustrating that you can't figure out the root of this pain! I'm sorry you're going through that. You're not alone in having mysterious abdominal pains. It's actually quite common in this community. I think most people find that it takes some stubborn self advocating to get answers.
I pulled a few forum discussions for you, which were started by members like you who had pain in their right side. Check out the replies for some members' advice: https://irritablebowelsyndrome.net/forums/upper-right-abdomen-pain
https://irritablebowelsyndrome.net/forums/right-side-pain
https://irritablebowelsyndrome.net/forums/tender-pain-in-right-side
I also found this article where the author found out their pain was actually caused by a hernia: https://irritablebowelsyndrome.net/living/hernia I hope you find some answers soon, friend! Please keep us updated. We'll be thinking about you.
- Kat (Team Member)So last night the pain started in my right hip bone. Weird, used heating pad and took 2 tynelol, finally rubbed voltaren and it seemed to subside. The pain then worked its way to my lower abdomen right where appendix would be. It was quite painful. I didn’t feel gassy or bloated just pain. No fever, pain was constant. I finally had a few good farts and it eased up. I hardly ate anything yesterday to cause gas. I might be a bit constipated. Having bowel movements but not much there but I’m also not eating much. Any suggestions. I get stressed over this pain so it gets worse I feel.
I am no stranger to pain myself and I have had it a few times before when gas caused some serious intestinal discomfort. The only thing I've found to get relief is to try to lay on my one side or other and see if I can't coax the gas into getting our, one way or the other. It works most times after about 10 minutes of trying. Some days, though, it just won't come out and it is not pleasant! You are not alone in that! Keep on keepin' on, DPM
Thx I felt like I didn’t really eat anything weird to bring it on but maybe the muffin and cake had too much sugar as well as the peas (even though I didn’t eat many) and the McDonald’s black coffee maybe too strong maybe caused my distress. I did find once I let out gas it subsided but I didn’t feel gassy at all just pain so I went into overdrive crying and it probably made it worse. Not sure what to eat today.
I always go down the rabbit hole myself of "did I eat anything to cause this?" and most of the time it just ends up really no way to tell if I did or didn't or my body just finally said, "ehhhh today we are gonna flare 'cause F you that's why! No reason!" It can be very frustrating, and then like you said the added stress we put on ourselves can make it worse. Then it subsides and it's on to the next one! At least we don't have to go through it alone, I suppose. Keep on keepin' on, DPM
thanks for your response I went to my GP today for a gastroenterologist referral but she doesn’t think I will get accepted. We have done all the abdominal testing, blood work , stool testing, holier testing. I have a 2nd colonoscopy in Jan booked have no upper gastroenterologist issues so no need for an endoscopy. She thinks after the colonoscopy results if I’m finding I’m still in pain we might try the anti depressants as my health and anxiety in general is very high. She suggested the lowfoodmap and is referring me to a dietician to help with that so who. Maybe these phantom pains made worse by my anxiety. I need to start eating again, I was sick with a head cold for 2 weeks so sort of didn’t eat much either. Now when I try to bring back food like you say let’s mess with you. 
I'm sorry to hear that you've been experiencing pain like this, getting new symptoms like that is always so stressful. 🙁 It's good that you've seen your GP and are having all those tests done.
How have you been doing these past couple of days, were you able to eat normally again?
Have you been able to book an appointment with the dietitian yet? The Low FODMAP diet is a great starting point, it helped me so much at the beginning, too.
Big hugs, Karina (team member)
